Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I was typing this on the computer ( my VDU is a television set ) , the screen went odd with flashing lines and all the words missing . |
| 2 | Judiciously patting junior on the head when mum is watching may be a useful way of doing it . |
| 3 | incorporating that on the way round . |
| 4 | ‘ The second scandal will be the liquidators becoming rich on the victims ’ money while the Government stand by and watch … |
| 5 | 10–17 Jesus violates the taboo against healing on the sabbath by healing a woman who has been bent over for many years , justifying this on the grounds that it is even more urgent to help a fellow human being , a woman , than to rescue an animal that has fallen into a ditch ( an exception allowed under the law ) . |
| 6 | The proximal tentacle pores are large with rounded tentacle scales becoming scale-like on the proximal edge of the pore and number as follows : . |
| 7 | simply just not noticing much on the screen really . |
| 8 | Climbers should have no problems keeping warm on the Ben — for the next couple of years , anyway . |
| 9 | The old and needed services for customers are becoming non-existent on the Tube . |
| 10 | I was keeping well on the landward side of the path , on the grass . |
| 11 | The tentacle pores are large and open without tentacle scales , gradually becoming smaller on the distal segments . |
| 12 | He watched the children from Sea House again , becoming smaller on the sand . |
| 13 | Psychic healing , once written off by the medical establishment as bunkum and jiggery- pokery , is now recommended by some GPs and is becoming available on the NHS . |
| 14 | Products like PageMaker and Harvard Publisher are just becoming available on the PC , those currently available include Fleet Street Editor ( very limited on features and capability ) , Front Page and Portfolio . |
| 15 | The larger-than-life character is becoming well-known on the streets of Iasi youngsters in the town have dubbed him The Black Horse and even taken to copying his distinctive hairstyle : slicked back with a pony-tail . |
| 16 | In contrast , night work was becoming common on the roads after 1780 , and by 1800 scheduled wagon services often departed at dusk . |
| 17 | The officers believe Elizabeth and Julie had been sunbathing naked on the remote beach , confident they would not be seen . |
| 18 | Teachers were reminded that we would need nominations for the three places becoming vacant on the Executive Committee for the coming year . |
| 19 | There 's nothing worse than when you 're at home you do n't want people banging unannounced on the door saying trick or treat . |
| 20 | People coming up from the beach were carrying their shoes , walking barefoot on the hot tarmac paths . |
| 21 | Jane Pargeter poured herself another slug of gin and slopped in some tonic water , spilling some on the coffee table . |
| 22 | They travel the world like itinerant brushsellers , filling loan quotas , peddling financial wares , and living high on the hog . |
| 23 | I 'm writing this on the morning of your ride at Ascot on Pendero . |
| 24 | I am writing this on the train to London , carrying me on smooth , oiled wheels away from the pain , the exhaustion , and , above all , the one worth-while thing I ever did — or tried to do — in my life . |
| 25 | The second half was played at just as frantic pace as the first with both sides looking dangerous on the attack , but Abingdon looking more solid in defence . |
| 26 | ‘ Charlie ’ appeared almost immediately , a tall , lanky youth , looking younger on the surface than the autopsy would later place him . |
| 27 | Looking good on the box seems to be the prerequisite for anything these days . ’ |
| 28 | When we were er were living all on the road so we were expecting to be supplied by vans . |
| 29 | My health , I am feeling strong and looking confident on the outside , so you must try and feel it on the inside oh dear the planets are on your side this week for love , needless to say |
| 30 | We discovered later that a crowd of drop-outs had been living rough on the Towers , using local fishing boats to ferry them to and fro . |